Chris York
@chrisdyork.bsky.social
News Operations Editor, Kyiv Independent
Everything you need to know about Russia's attack drones in two charts:
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September 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everything you need to know about Russia's attack drones in two charts:
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Recorded this a couple of weeks ago but even more relevant in light of Russia’s record attack on Ukraine overnight.
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September 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Recorded this a couple of weeks ago but even more relevant in light of Russia’s record attack on Ukraine overnight.
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A pretty bleak chart showing how much Russia is ramping up drones strikes on Ukraine.
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Full story here: kyivindependent.com/russia-launc...
June 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A pretty bleak chart showing how much Russia is ramping up drones strikes on Ukraine.
Full story here: kyivindependent.com/russia-launc...
Full story here: kyivindependent.com/russia-launc...
Dude, he definitely fucking realises.
May 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dude, he definitely fucking realises.
Kyiv is under a massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack.
This is what it sounds like sitting in your hallway listening to them explode, as the walls shake.
This is what it sounds like sitting in your hallway listening to them explode, as the walls shake.
May 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Kyiv is under a massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack.
This is what it sounds like sitting in your hallway listening to them explode, as the walls shake.
This is what it sounds like sitting in your hallway listening to them explode, as the walls shake.
May 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And when exactly is a good time to launch mass missile attacks against civilians?
April 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
And when exactly is a good time to launch mass missile attacks against civilians?
Russia's embassy in Kenya would like you to believe they're totally chill about tariffs.
They very much aren't kyivindependent.com/trump-spares...
They very much aren't kyivindependent.com/trump-spares...
April 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Russia's embassy in Kenya would like you to believe they're totally chill about tariffs.
They very much aren't kyivindependent.com/trump-spares...
They very much aren't kyivindependent.com/trump-spares...
The centre of Dnipro this evening.
A reminder that on March 11 Ukraine agreed to a FULL 30-day, US-proposed ceasefire.
Russia refused.
A reminder that on March 11 Ukraine agreed to a FULL 30-day, US-proposed ceasefire.
Russia refused.
March 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The centre of Dnipro this evening.
A reminder that on March 11 Ukraine agreed to a FULL 30-day, US-proposed ceasefire.
Russia refused.
A reminder that on March 11 Ukraine agreed to a FULL 30-day, US-proposed ceasefire.
Russia refused.
Pic or it didn’t happen.
February 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Pic or it didn’t happen.
Trump just posted this on Truth Social.
February 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump just posted this on Truth Social.
3 years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a chart to help put things into perspective.
Full story here: kyivindependent.com/how-ukraine-...
Full story here: kyivindependent.com/how-ukraine-...
February 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
3 years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a chart to help put things into perspective.
Full story here: kyivindependent.com/how-ukraine-...
Full story here: kyivindependent.com/how-ukraine-...
A report from one of the TG monitoring channels, can already hear air defences booming in the distance.
February 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A report from one of the TG monitoring channels, can already hear air defences booming in the distance.
Zelensky becomes the first world leader to stand up to Trump 2.0, your turn Europe.
February 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Zelensky becomes the first world leader to stand up to Trump 2.0, your turn Europe.
Anyhoos, the guys that Marco Rubio is “convinced” are interested in peace are currently attacking half of Ukraine with kamikaze drones.
Lots of explosions here is Kyiv from air defences.
Lots of explosions here is Kyiv from air defences.
February 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Anyhoos, the guys that Marco Rubio is “convinced” are interested in peace are currently attacking half of Ukraine with kamikaze drones.
Lots of explosions here is Kyiv from air defences.
Lots of explosions here is Kyiv from air defences.
A brief flurry of snow in Kyiv this morning during what has been another unseasonably mild winter.
Weirdly, it’s been a bit of a blessing and an unlikely ally against Russia.
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Weirdly, it’s been a bit of a blessing and an unlikely ally against Russia.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A brief flurry of snow in Kyiv this morning during what has been another unseasonably mild winter.
Weirdly, it’s been a bit of a blessing and an unlikely ally against Russia.
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Weirdly, it’s been a bit of a blessing and an unlikely ally against Russia.
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Absolutely beautiful winter morning in Kyiv today.
January 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Absolutely beautiful winter morning in Kyiv today.
Ukraine currently under mass Russian missile attack, alerts across the entire country.
Explosions reported in Kharkiv.
Explosions reported in Kharkiv.
January 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Ukraine currently under mass Russian missile attack, alerts across the entire country.
Explosions reported in Kharkiv.
Explosions reported in Kharkiv.
It is more than 5 years now since Peter Hitchens was duped into spreading chemical weapons denial propaganda.
December 27, 2024 at 1:31 PM
It is more than 5 years now since Peter Hitchens was duped into spreading chemical weapons denial propaganda.
He's still at it — no amount of witness testimony is going to convince Aaron Mate that he's been peddling a load of pro-Assad, Russian propaganda for years and his entire schtick is total garbage.
December 27, 2024 at 9:14 AM
He's still at it — no amount of witness testimony is going to convince Aaron Mate that he's been peddling a load of pro-Assad, Russian propaganda for years and his entire schtick is total garbage.
Well, it’s Christmas Eve and these are just some of the exploding, kamikaze presents Russia has sent to Ukraine this evening.
December 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Well, it’s Christmas Eve and these are just some of the exploding, kamikaze presents Russia has sent to Ukraine this evening.
To put it mildly...
December 19, 2024 at 6:09 PM
To put it mildly...
A video released by the SBU allegedly showing the moment Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was blown up in Moscow.
December 17, 2024 at 11:30 AM
A video released by the SBU allegedly showing the moment Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was blown up in Moscow.
The Facebook page of Bashar al-Assad has released a statement:
December 16, 2024 at 12:58 PM
The Facebook page of Bashar al-Assad has released a statement:
Aaron Mate admitting that even testimony from 10,000 Douma survivors in Syria wouldn't be enough to convince him his elaborately constructed, pro-Assad conspiracy theory isn't true.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
December 11, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Aaron Mate admitting that even testimony from 10,000 Douma survivors in Syria wouldn't be enough to convince him his elaborately constructed, pro-Assad conspiracy theory isn't true.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.